There are many things that set me apart from those around me. I am more privileged than I am stigmatized, I am a white, middle class, straight, obviously, I’m female, and I am able bodied. These are just the obvious things that makes up what has affected me and the people around me. I have influenced those that are within range of impact, the things that are positive and negative about me I have in common with many others.
Let’s begin with the fact that I am Caucasian. This simple fact, that I have no control over in my life, has made all the difference to me. This is in no way meant to be a negative thing, I view it as though it has had a positive effect on me. I have grown up in a predominantly white community in Advance, MO, the town has a handful of African Americans and even fewer people of different races. This doesn’t show the difference between me and those of different races around me, however, watching how the community treats those different from them in Advance has certainly shown me the privileges of my ethnicity.
While I mentioned a positive thing above let me explain a negative thing that makes my dichotomy constructionism split between privileged …show more content…
It seems when it comes to sharing political interests with the whole of Americans, I differ from their opinions. Many of the most vocal political interest groups that I see, is the Democratic party, which might I add, I am a Republican. My political views have caused confliction with people that I know simply because of the beliefs that I uphold. I view this conflict as a negative difference because while I still hold true to my beliefs, I feel like that in the grand scheme of things my differences in political stances can be considered a negative drawback, and can, and more than likely will, cause me to be belittled or segregated by others who disagree with my
Let’s begin with the fact that I am Caucasian. This simple fact, that I have no control over in my life, has made all the difference to me. This is in no way meant to be a negative thing, I view it as though it has had a positive effect on me. I have grown up in a predominantly white community in Advance, MO, the town has a handful of African Americans and even fewer people of different races. This doesn’t show the difference between me and those of different races around me, however, watching how the community treats those different from them in Advance has certainly shown me the privileges of my ethnicity.
While I mentioned a positive thing above let me explain a negative thing that makes my dichotomy constructionism split between privileged …show more content…
It seems when it comes to sharing political interests with the whole of Americans, I differ from their opinions. Many of the most vocal political interest groups that I see, is the Democratic party, which might I add, I am a Republican. My political views have caused confliction with people that I know simply because of the beliefs that I uphold. I view this conflict as a negative difference because while I still hold true to my beliefs, I feel like that in the grand scheme of things my differences in political stances can be considered a negative drawback, and can, and more than likely will, cause me to be belittled or segregated by others who disagree with my